Vegan Southern Green Beans and Potatoes
This Southern Green Beans and Potatoes recipe is a flavorful vegan version of the classic southern dish, perfect as a side dish or even as a main!
This Vegan Southern Green Beans and Potatoes is my new favorite dish. Traditionally green beans and potatoes are cooked with bacon, and served as a side dish. With my version, you won’t even miss the bacon. It is so delicious!
Traditionally the green beans and potatoes are cooked for at least an hour but I cooked mine for less so that the greens are not mushy.
The beauty of this recipe is that it will work for both fresh or frozen green beans. I haven’t tried it with canned green beans but I’m sure they will work, too!
Since living here in Florida, I have been moved to prepare a lot more Southern-Style dishes, like my Smothered Tofu, Biscuit, And Gravy, Southern Collard Greens, and my Southern Black Eyed Peas.
Ingredients for Vegan Green Beans and Potatoes
- Olive oil
- Onion
- Garlic
- Baby red potatoes
- Smoked Paprika
- Bragg’s liquid aminos
- Vegetable Broth
- Green beans
- Cayenne Pepper
- Non-dairy Butter
How To Make Vegan Southern Green Beans and Potatoes
- Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium-high. Cook onions until soft, about 3 minutes. Add garlic and cook for 60 seconds stirring. Stir in potatoes, paprika, Bragg Liquids Aminos, and vegetable broth.
- Bring to boil, cover saucepan and reduce to simmer and allow to cook for 10 minutes.
- Add green beans and cook for 15 more minutes or until tender. Stir in butter.
- Season with salt and pepper and enjoy!
Substitutions and Variations
- I used smoked paprika to give the bacon-like flavor but you could also use vegan sausage or liquid smoke.
- You are welcome to use canned green beans for this recipe, but I would only cook for 5 minutes before adding butter and seasoning to ensure they don’t get mushy.
- Leave out the potatoes if you prefer to make this dish a simple Southern style green beans side!
What to serve with green beans and potatoes?
This dish is delicious and hearty on it’s own. It would also taste great alongside some other Southern dishes like Smothered Tofu, Biscuits And Gravy, Southern Collard Greens, and my Southern Black Eyed Peas.
Recipe FAQs
Remove the cover of the saucepan and cook on medium-high until liquid has reduced to your desired amount.
Yes! I recommend reducing the amount of liquids by 1/2 and adding all the ingredients to your Instant Pot. Cook for 9 minutes under high pressure. Once finished, allow the pressure to naturally release for 5 minutes and then quickly release any remaining pressure.
Cook the green beans until they are cooked to your preference, but they should be neither crunchy or mushy. If you cook them too long they will become mushy.
Other Vegan Southern Recipes You’ll Love
- Vegan Gumbo Recipe
- Vegan Peach Cobbler
- Vegan Gluten-Free Cornbread
- Instant Pot Vegan Chicken And Dumplings
- BBQ Jackfruit Sandwiches
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vegan southern green beans and potatoes
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 small onion chopped
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 pound baby red potatoes cut into quarters or halves
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 tablespoon Bragg liquid aminos
- 2 cups vegetable broth or 2 cups water plus 1 veggie bouillon cube
- 1 pound green beans trimmed, fresh or frozen
- 1/4 teaspoon Cayenne pepper
- 1 tablespoon non-dairy butter (optional)
- `1 teaspoon salt or to taste
Instructions
- Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium-high. Add onion and cook until soft, about 3 minutes. Add garlic and cook for 60 seconds stirring. Stir in potatoes, paprika, Bragg Liquids Aminos, and vegetable broth.
- Bring to boil, cover saucepan and reduce to simmer and allow to cook for 10 minutes.
- Add green beans and cook for 15 more minutes or until tender. Stir in butter.
- Season with salt and pepper and enjoy!
Was looking for a quick weeknight meal for my family with what I had on hand. This surprised all of us with it’s depth of flavor! A new family favorite! I’m taking it for a potluck tomorrow to share with friends. Thank you!
Lindsay, I’m so happy you and your family enjoyed it. Happy Sabbath.
This was surprisingly good for a simple dish. I had a fair amount of broth left so I added a little roux of cornstarch to thicken it up. I also made some soy curl bacon bits to sprinkle on top which was a nice crunchy contrast. I’ll definitely make this again.
Susan, I’m so happy you enjoyed it. I love your adjustments.
I love this recipe – it has become a firm favourite in our house and when we take meals to friend’s houses. Thank you so much for this, and the other, delcious vegan delights! With warmest greetings from South Africa.
Carla, thank you very much for sharing your feedback. I’m so happy you and your loved ones enjoy my recipes. I noticed I have a lot of readers from South Africa, welcome. How did you learn about my website?
Where do we find Braggs liquid aminos and how can we replace it?
Joyce, it is sold in most major supermarkets and health food store in the USA. Substitute with soy sauce, Tamari, coconut aminos for soy-free. I hope you enjoy!
This is my new favorite. It’s super easy and the leftovers just get tastier. We had vegan chili and topped it on the leftovers to make a “chili cheese dogs” because it has a “State Fair hot dog” taste. We have made this twice this month! Definitely must try!
Sara I’m so happy you enjoyed it, thank you for sharing your feedback with us, love how you topped it with chili.
I actually made these in my Instant Pot on high pressure for 5 minites and they were awesome. I just sautéed the onions and garlic in the pot first before adding the other ingredients. I also used two tablespoons of butter because that’s what I had left, I’m lazy and because more butter can’t be bad. It was delicious. So similar to the kind I used to make with ham or bacon prior to going vegan. Thank you for the great recipe!
I’m so happy you enjoyed the recipe Jamie, thank you for sharing your feedback and adjustments with us.
As a newbie cook because I turned vegan the past year, I am always looking for quick and easy recipes. So good and will definitely make again! Thank you!
I’m so happy you enjoyed it. Thank you for sharing your feedback.
What is “Bragg liquid Aminos”? The link is broken. Is there a substitute?
Kiana, the substitute is soy sauce, thank you for letting me know the link is broken.
This time of the year I always manage to get hold of green beans on special offer but then i never know what to do with them.
Searching for recipes i came across this page, I made it, I loved it so much, its a keeper and gone into my recipe folder so i can keep making it over and over again.
Thank you
Monica, I’m so happy you found my recipe and you loved it. Thank you for leaving your feedback.
I got green beans and red potatoes in my CSA box and was looking for something to do with them. So happy I found your recipe. I don’t eat green beans often, but I think that is going to change now that I’ve found that recipe. It was delicious!
Lani, I’m so happy you enjoyed it. Thank you for sharing your feedback!